Recent discussion of the formation and alteration of P hilistine identity in the L evantine I ron
A ge continues to reference primarily pottery styles and dietary practices. Such traditional …

Human settlement activities are connected with the accumulation of nutrients in
archaeological soils. We address the question of whether the large-scale mapping of the …

Human settlement activities have caused changes in soil chemical properties that might
remain preserved in the soil archive for a very long time. These traces might be close to …

The rise of Judah as a territorial kingdom is characterized by expansion from the southern
hill country to the Shephelah and the Beer-sheba–Arad Valleys. Archaeological and …

Site formation processes at ancient tells in the southern Levant have been the focus of
several micromorphological studies, contributing to the differentiation of anthropogenic …

The article discusses the growth of the Kingdom of Judah in the 9th century BCE in light of
documentary and archaeological evidence. I suggest that the chronistic short accounts …

Excavations at Tel Burna, Israel, have uncovered portions of a large structure from the Late
Bronze Age IIB, yielding numerous finds that suggest ritual and cultic practices occurred in …

The Shephelah was densely settled in the Late Bronze Age, but most of the settlements
were gradually abandoned during the transition to the Iron I period. Only a few Iron I …

Four figurines were discovered in Late Bronze Age IIB Tel Burna in the Judean Shephelah.
The figurines come from a large public building that probably had a cultic function. These …

The first two seasons of work at Tel Burna have focused on revealing a segment of the
fortification walls partially exposed along the perimeter of the upper tel. The discovery of a …